Letter: Point missed
Dear Editor Andru, Regarding last week’s article in The Goat about Mayor Runtz and MCFC, again the point was missed. The many people signing the letter referred to in that article were never questioning the […]
Letters
Letter: Rainbow Bench is a platform for education
I wanted to applaud Sherral Shaw, owner of the Gathering Tree, for taking the initiative as a business owner to recognize the LGBTQ2S+ community with a rainbow bench. A business owner in a small community […]
Letter: Value of freedom underlies rainbow crosswalk
Dear Editor, Outward and visible signs are important in spurring, engaging conversation in a democratic society and democratic legal processes. Theocracies and religion is another matter entirely because the possibility of change from within the […]
Letter: Keep the public sphere neutral
I read the Editor’s thoughts in the July 11th edition and want to give a more nuanced analysis of why I firmly reject a Rainbow Crosswalk. I in no way doubt the motive and sincerity […]
Letter: Japanese internment – one family’s story
I just came off a tour of Japanese Internment Camps this past week. On the last day heading towards Lillooet, the Research Archivist from the Nikkei National Museum Centre gave us a history of the […]
Letter: The legacy of a small town’s kindness
In 1975, the US-Vietnam War ended. However, times of peace and prosperity did not last long for ethnic Chinese living in Vietnam. In 1978, relations between the governments of Vietnam and China started to deteriorate […]
Letter from the B.C. Premier
Helping people and renewing B.C.’s Interior Forest Sector British Columbia’s forest industry is facing difficult times. In the Interior, the end of the pine beetle cut, lower prices for lumber, and back-to-back catastrophic wildfire seasons […]
Letter: Editor’s response (Air quality & a moonscape)
Thanks for your letter Mr. Van Velzen, We have swabbed the ‘smoking gun’ you mentioned and the cause of our bad air quality is wood smoke, not dust from the lake. Both PM10 (Sand and […]
Letter: Air quality & a moonscape
The recent report on the air quality in Valemount is most alarming. To see that we exceed the Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standard by a very large margin should make us all extremely concerned about […]
Letter: Solving air quality isn’t rocket science
Kudos to RMG’s proposed innovative quick electrical solution to Valemount’s hazardous winter air. It potentially functions well for election cycle, budget shifting bureaucrats. Unfortunately, implementation, as written, only happens after air particulate passes the legal […]
Letter: Helping CIBC help kids
This past week CIBC Valemount wrapped up its annual fundraising campaign for BC Children’s Hospital foundation. We would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to the wonderful citizens of Valemount who have been our […]